When do we have time to consider time?
Timing is Everything…Culturally Speaking
We never have enough time. It’s flying, wasted, or spent. In
marketing, we strive to be punctual for meetings and deadlines. So
when do we have time to consider time? For culturally sensitive
marketers, time is key. When we look to establish an emotional link
with a Hispanic consumer, we must consider the elements of culture
that control values, thoughts, and behaviors; and time is one of these
“dimensions [that] provides the nesting place for archetypes to take
root.”[1]
Westerners tend to view time as linear. We see events in a straight
line, with each successive action following another. Many other
cultures see time not as monochronic, but polychronic, which is
characterized by events occurring simultaneously. The famous
anthropologist, Edward T. Hall, conducted extensive research of
monochronic and polychronic cultures found that cultural
miscommunication is often the result of not understanding the
different structures of scheduling or managing time. Hall concludes
that monochronic cultures (primarily North America and Northern
Europe) “emphasize schedules, punctuality, and preciseness.”
Monochronic cultures emphasize “doing” things, productivity, and
getting things done “one time.” Time should be managed and planned
and not wasted.[2]
A polychronic view of time, according to Hall, is primarily in Latin
American, African and Native American cultures.[3] When considering
other Hispanic archetypes, this is logical. Hispanic cultures “are
more likely than Anglos to believe that nature and the supernatural
control their lives.”[4] Therefore, time is associated with natural
rhythms, the earth, and seasons. It is not manipulated, but with a
higher power, and therefore it can be spontaneous or sporadic. “There
is more valued placed on “being” than on “doing”.”[5]
Now of course this view is over-generalized and simplistic. Levels of
assimilation, occupation, and general demographics may all effect the
degree of truthfulness in this assumption. Time can be a very
individualized concept, which I proved arriving late to an interview
with my Hispanic friend, Juan. He was born in Costa Rica, and
immigrated to the United States when he was fourteen. He is now
twenty-one and a college student. I sought to find out how he viewed
time in Latin American versus the United States.
Juan told me he was not offended by my tardiness, and asking why, he
replied, “Maybe you were talking to friends or family.” This
underscores another important dimension, the importance of
interpersonal relationships in the Hispanic culture. Juan explained
that when Americans travel to Costa Rica, they adjust to “Tico time”,
or the timing of Costa Ricans. He described “Tico time” as much more
laid back, and without rush. He made a clear distinction, however,
between this attitude and procrastination.
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Eventually, the problem is not with having Common Core, but the matter is with the way how it is done and applied.
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